Lecture Program

A key element of the Aachen Body Engineering Day is the lecture program with highlights of the year from the car body industry. Experts in vehicle construction, development and industry presented the latest facts and trends to the participants. Take a look at last years program below. The lecture program of this year's event will be published in May.

Program 2022

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Sep 2022

#	Title	Speaker(s)	Time
1	Welcome and Introduction	Prof. Dr.-Ing. Peter Urban Vice Director Institute for Automotive Engineering (ika), RWTH Aachen University	09:00 am
2	BMW iVision Circular	Kai Langer BMW Group	09:30 am
3	Mega Castings in Automotive Body Structures	Dr. Mikael Fermér VOLVO CAR CORPORATION	10:00 am
4	The Volkswagen ID Buzz and its Body in White	Jörg Wendekamm Volkswagen AG Kai Hoffmeyer Volkswagen Osnabrück	10:30 am
	Coffee break		11:10 am
5	The Opel Vivaro-e Hydrogen: Ready for the Hydrogen Future	Dr. Johannes Siegmann Opel Automobile GmbH	11:40 am
6	The All New BMW 7 – Automotive Luxury and Innovations for the Digital Era	Daniel Rastätter BMW Group	12:20 am
	Lunch break		01:00 pm
7	Vehicle Damage Diagnosis	Dr. Dennis Böhmländer Audi AG	02:00 pm
8	Failure Predictions in Sheet and Cast Metallic Structural Metals	Dr. Richard Burrows NIO Performance Engineering	02:40 pm
	Coffee break		03:20 pm
9	Body Panels Quick and Cheap in Shape	Dr. Till Pfeifer Beauvary GmbH	03:50 pm
10	Advanced Composites – A Sustainable Solution for Lightweight Vehicle Components	Dr. Kristian Seidel Teijin Automotive Technologies Wuppertal GmbH	04:30 pm
	Evening Event and Networking		07:30 pm

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Sep 2022

#	Title	Speaker(s)	Time
Moderation: Prof. Mark White and Dr. Thomas Rudlaff
11	One-piece Aluminium Body Side Outer Forming Study	Dr. Dominique Daniel Constellium Alexander Gaida Novelis	09:00 am
12	Joining Strategies for Aluminium Body Design	Dr. Paul Briskham Atlas Copco Sylvain Beucher ARO Welding Technologies Sabine Wenig Sika Automotive	09:35 am
13	Advances in Aluminium Alloys for Structural Castings & Recycling	Randy Beals Magna International Eric de Nijs Magna International	10:10 am
14	LCA & Value-in-Use Study on the Aluminium Top Hat	Dr. Thorolf Schulte Novelis	10:40 am
	Coffee break		11:20 am
15	Battery Housings - Challenges in Design and Production	Udo Kreutzarek Nemak	11:50 am
16	Innovative Concepts for Battery Box Engineering	Mario Padovani Baosteel Tailored Blanks S.r.l.	12:30 pm
	Lunch break		01:10 pm
17	Steel E-Motive: Development of the Body Structure for a New Autonomous Mobility as a Service Vehicle	Neil McGregor Ricardo	02:10 pm
18	Steel Lightweight Body-in-White for Integrated Battery Modules	Clemens Latuske, Dr. Jürgen Schramm thyssenkrupp Steel Europe AG	02:50 pm
19	Cost-Effective Body-in-White Production with Large Die-Casting Cells	Martin Lagler Bühler AG	03:30 pm
	Summary		04:10 pm